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didn' m
Zambi n
h ul 0 be on th mili-
t ry tr n port pl n th t
h into th on April 28
of Lib vill, Gabon, and left all
29 n d d, including
180fZambi ' fin t r pl Y:
and i two national ch.
But, du to two Europ n
prof ion d iding to mak
th trip to join the team in
D r, T mbo nd noth r
young pI yer wouldn't be
n ed.
"The day of th accident, it
w li e a black blanket w
covering the nation," aid Ag­
grey Chiyangi, who had also
been consid red for a pot on the
m and who e brother-in-law
. died in th CT h. "Everywhere
you went, every corner you
turned, people had tear
t ming down their faces."
Almost 35,000 people gath­
ered inside Zambia's national
tadium for the state funeral.
Five tim that number gath­
ered outside. But 11 attended to
hear P ident Frederick Chi­
lumba announce the need to
"honor the dead by continuing
the cau they died for."
oward ·s
ew coac
atB
Bobby Howard, former West­
ern Michigan University back­
field standout is th new Benton
Harbor h d football coach.
Th two-tim all- 'd-Am ri­
can Conferen runn r has been
an sistant coach for the past
six y ars at W tern Michigan,
Olivet College. Grand Valley
and Eastern Michigan.
Howard, 36, lieves that x­
perience will help him build a
strong program at B nton Har­
bor, a school which has had thr
straight losing ason nd ix
los rs in the p t
paigns.
"W want to mak sur we're
t hnically ound in ev rythi ng
we do. We will start with a b ic
offens and a basic defe , .. he
said.
BOBBY HOWARD
HOWAR • EMPHA I
will on th basics.
Howard bring WI h him
pl nty of football expert nc ,
both on the playm fi ld and on
th sidelines. H w top high
chool football play r t D t roi
Redford from 1 73-7
For s aso'n
Michigan, he w
th fullback slot or ou nding
tailbacks Jerome Pers 11 and
Craig Morrow.
Despite being a blockmg
back, Howard still found tim to
rush for 2,608 care r y r s,
third on the all-tim ca-
. re r list behind only P rs II and
Shawn Faulkn r nd 1 th all­
time in th :MAC
H re ived honor bl m n-
tion recogni Ion he All-
American T m
See 8HHS 85
B R'
n r fans only
had th pas to refl on:
finish in th 1974 Af­
rican ation' Cup and a
fifth-place fini h in th 1988
Olympics, tunning he Itali ns
to 4-0 win .
"The World Cup would m n
more than any of that," Mwila
id. "Thi country n
through a lot of hardships. It
Alex nder ah lovu, the
t urer of th Footb 11
elation of Z mbi , i n't h
at the t m' u
"Before the accid nt, we al­
ways believed that we could
make more than one n tion I
team. Football ( occer) is the
would be good to bring the peo- pIe some joy ."
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d nd Bath, all
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